Preachers Coffee Inc. Announces Joint Venture Agreement With Modern Energy Corp. With Preachers' Agricultural Development Intere
September 08 2009 - 3:01AM
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Preachers Coffee, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PRCF) (PINKSHEETS: PCIO) and
MODERN ENERGY CORP. (PINKSHEETS: MDRG) and (FRANKFURT: ME2C)
announced the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement on the Technical
Management and Operating Contract of a 36,103 Acres of Agricultural
and Forest Land which is under a Community-Based Forest Management
Agreement (CBFMA) of the Government of the Philippines, in
partnership with the Manobo Indigenous Community Cooperative on
Mindanao island in the Philippines.
The Joint Venture Agreement has a 25 Year CBFMA Contract and an
indefinite extension since it was appropriated in an Ancestral
Domain Land Management for the Manobo Indigenous Communities. The
Manobo Indigenous Communities has the Ancestral Domain Rights to
the land and their Community Cooperative was for purposes of
Agricultural and Forest Management to improve their living
standard. The Joint Venture Technical Management and Operating
Contract for the 36,103 acres will allow financial assistance and
technical management to be provided by Preachers Coffee, Inc. and
Modern Energy Corp.
Rubber trees for forest management, in addition to Coffee and
Jatropha plants, are being prepared for planting in the
agricultural areas.
The Jatropha plant is valued as a very cost effective feedstock
for the production of oil used for producing Bio-Diesel. But unlike
other biodiesel crops, Jatropha can be grown almost anywhere --
from arid land to more fertile farms like in the Phillipines. It
doesn't need much water or fertilizer, although the yield rises as
more water is available, like in Mindanao, Phillipines. And because
the Jatropha is not edible, environmentalists and policy makers
don't have to worry about whether Jatropha diverts resources away
from crops that could be used to feed people. By some estimates,
the per-barrel cost to produce Biofuel using Jatropha -- about $43
-- is about half that of corn and roughly one-third that of
rapeseed, two other leading materials for alternative energy. At
those prices, Jatropha Biodiesel would be competitive with fuel
made from crude oil without significant government subsidies.
Recently, an airline had a test flight using a 50 jet
fuel/50jatropha Biofuel mix. When Jatropha seeds are crushed, the
resulting Jatropha oil can be processed to produce a high-quality
biodiesel that can be used in a standard diesel car, while the
residue, called "press cake," can also be processed and used as
biomass feedstock to power electricity plants or used as fertilizer
(it contains nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium).
A significant differentiator of Jatropha versus other Bio-Fuel
Feedstocks is that Jatropha absorbs carbon-dioxide while they are
growing, effectively canceling out the carbon dioxide they release
when they burn. The plant may yield more than four times as much
fuel per hectare of soybean, and more than ten times that of corn.
A hectare of Jatropha has been claimed to produce 1,892 litrers of
fuel. Once the Jatropha seeds are dried out and crushed, these
poisonous seeds yield oil which can be burned in almost any diesel
engine -- with no modification. Recent studies show that Jatropha
seed produces between 30 and 40 percent of its mass in oil.
Nestor C. Buenaflor, Chairman and CEO of Preachers Coffee, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: PRCF) and its subsidiary (PINKSHEETS: PCIO), said
that, "This Joint Venture Agreement with Modern Energy Corp. will
provide an improvement for the Manobo Tribal Communities on
Mindanao, Philippines. And the positive contribution represented by
the cultivation of Jatropha plants introduced as one of the cash
crops for the production of Bio-Diesel offers a stable and
sustainable future for our companies and the Manobo Tribal
Communities. We are not only cleaning the air because of
responsible forest management and Bio-Diesel from Jatropha, but we
also improve the lives of poor people in the remote areas of the
world by providing them with job opportunities and income."
Chairman of Modern Energy, John Winnick, stated, "The Preachers
Coffee, Inc. joint venture with 36,103 acres of prime agricultural
land in the Philippines is just one example of the Global Vision of
Green Energy from the Jatropha plant and cash crops such as coffee
and rubber trees for rubber, to further expand Modern Energy's
footprint to the nearly 1,000,000 acres that our company currently
controls through our subsidiary, Sultan Saud Resource Development
Corporation (SSRDC). Modern Energy is pursuing a change in business
plan to focus on providing Bio-Diesel feedstock for the Asian
Pacific Basin and developing the region's economies from a Third
World nation to a world class provider of alternative clean energy.
This green energy initiative will provide jobs and opportunity for
growth on Mindanao, the eighth largest island population on earth,
and showcase the best of environmental capitalism."
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements in regards to Preachers Coffee, Inc. and
Modern Energy Corp., which are not purely historical and factual,
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including Preachers' and
Modern Energy's beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions
regarding the future. All forward-looking statements are made as of
the date hereof and are based on information available to the
parties as of such date. It is important to note that the actual
outcome and the actual results could differ materially from those
in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties, such
as technological, legislative, corporate, financial and marketplace
changes.
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CONTACT: Preachers Coffee, Inc. NESTOR C. BUENAFLOR Mobile
Phone: + 86-150-1897-7805 or +852-5315-7047 or +852-5317-7805
Email: nestorbuenaflor@yahoo.com CONTACT: Modern Energy Corp. John
Winnick Phone: 1-858-220-0243 Email: info@modernenergycorp.com
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